Tuesday, May 1

Revell of Germany kits built up on display in our May new release preview...

The new items from Revell of Germany this month include some very nice little Corsair and the same scale flying saucer, A very large floating airport and some vehicles of three different tastes - Today we show you the box-art, features & built-up models in this month's new releases preview

A model construction kit of the very successful special edition VW Golf 1 GTI's which was available from May 1983 onwards. In addition to the kit including building instructions and decal are basic colours, adhesive and brush included.

Work began on this spherical aircraft in 1934. Its propulsion and the neutralisation of centrifugal forces inside the aircraft was achieved employing Vril energy fields. Airworthy prototypes of the Haunebu II with speeds of up to 6000 km/h first flew in mid-1943 but did not finish the flight test phase due to the effects of war.

The Soviet Military Administration began the blockade of West Berlin in June 1948. Transport flights to resupply the approximately 2.2 million citizens began shortly thereafter. Douglas C-54's were mostly used and christened Raisin bomber by the grateful population. Around 2.1 million tonnes of supplies had been flown in by the end of the blockade in 1949.

Modification of the Mig-21 to the SMT variant began in 1970. A characteristic of this version was the visible increase in the size of the dorsal channel in order to increase the fuel capacity to 3250 litres.

A model construction kit of the US Navy's first Super Carrier. From the Suez Crisis to the Gulf War this ship that carries the class name, was involved in deployments in almost all US military conflicts over nearly 40 years of its history.

A challenging model construction kit of this 320 bhp two-seater produced by Shelby American. It combines outstanding technology and outstanding design characteristics in a typically brilliant Shelby manner.